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Gnathian Bell Krater
Creator
Konnakis PainterPainter
All works by this person →In the period from about 375 to 350 B.C., the Konnakis Painter decorated vases in one of the Greek colonies in the region of Apulia in South Italy. He appears to have been one of the creators of the type of pottery that scholars call Gnathian ware. In this technique, the artisan glazed the entire surface of the vase black, then painted on figures in added colors. The use of a single figure against
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- about 360–350 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- South Italian (Gnathian)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 2c7c32f3-4339-472c-a385-8d7545bc88af
From the Getty Museum record
Black body with tendril of ivy leaves and grape clusters in added white. On the front, a figure of an old man with a swollen belly and an oversize phallus wearing a cloak stands in a rocky landscape. His wrists are bound. Below him to left is a crow. The scene is a parody of Prometheus bound to a rock having his liver eaten by an eagle.
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